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UFC women’s bantamweight champion “Rowdy” Ronda Rousey has gotten a lot of flak in her career as a mixed martial artist being viewed as somewhat of a “one trick pony” by many. Albeit she is pretty damn good at that one trick the young fighter has made it a point to shut up the critics...

Anne Wolfe continues to poke and prod Ronda Rousey. BJPenn.com reported on Wolfe’s initial comments towards the women’s UFC bantamweight champion yesterday, where Wolfe had been quoted as saying she would “fuck Ronda Rousey up”, if the two ever met in combat. Not quite content with those deep and thought-provoking words of wisdom, Wolfe has apparently taken to...

Conor McGregor has had some choice words for a plethora of UFC fighters in recent months, and has quickly drawn a lot of attention while doing so. One of those aforementioned fighters is UFC featherweight, Cole Miller. And while the jabs towards Miller had started late last year, Conor proved to still be...

“UFC has been great to me. I always be proud to be with UFC, they make me who I am. If I’m wealthy right now it’s because of UFC. I would not be where I am in my life without UFC. It’s never to put down UFC that I’ve [criticized drug testing], it’s to help...

After his opponent passes gas during a match, this grappling competitor loses his lunch and is forced to submit in the process. Hit play and enjoy! UPDATE: The man who gassed his way to victory is 10th Planet Jiu Jitsu grappler, Travis Newaza. The video seen above is during the finals match, granting him the...

MMA’s greatest trilogy is set for Saturday, May 17th as Bellator Lightweight Champion Eddie Alvarez will defend his title against Michael Chandler in the most highly anticipated fight of 2014, live on Pay-Per-View. The night also features the Memphis return of MMA superstar Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, who will square off against King Mo Lawal in...

By Evan Stoumbelis Light heavyweight #1 contender Alexander Gustafsson bounced back from his close decision loss to Jon Jones this past weekend when he knocked out Jimi Manuwa in the second round of their UFC London bout. Gustafsson went on a Swedish radio show this week to speak about his career: Radio Host: What kind...

It doesn’t come as a big surprise that Chael Sonnen isn’t the most popular personality in Brazil. However, it seems that the “American Gangster” has been admiring Brazilian fighters since the beginning of his career. Sonnen took to Brazilian media organization Globo to discuss two Brazilian fighters that had a big influence on the sport and...

More news to add to the Thiago Silva scandal as someone new has been added into the circle of events. Apparently, Fabianna Popovitch, ex-wife of Pablo Popovitch, has been manipulating both sides of the twisted events. Pablo Popovitch of course being the aim of Silva’s anger and frustration as Pablo and Thiasa Silva (Thiago’s separated...

In a recent interview with The MMA Hour, Miesha Tate chimes in on who she thinks would be a better match-up for UFC Women’s Bantamweight Champ, Ronda Rousey. “I think that would be a lot for Gina to take on, having a five-year layoff, I don’t know, I think the fans would really get a...

The UFC released the medical suspensions for their most recent card in England, and several fighters have received potentially lengthy suspensions. According to MMA LLC, Brad Scott received a 180 day suspension for a shoulder injury, Gunnar Nelson got 180 days for a knee injury, Brad Pickett received a 180 suspension due to a neck...

The UFC’s light-heavyweight division is packed full of guys looking to knock off the champ and arguably best fighter in the world right now, Jon Jones. Jones is set to face Glover Teixeira in Baltimore at UFC 172 on April 26. If Jones can get past Teixeira then he will face Alexander Gustafsson for the...

“This guy offended us. He called my country a jungle and said we don’t even have internet. He called our women whores. To say things and then say it’s only promotion doesn’t work. The guy makes jokes about homeless children. We walk in Sao Paulo and see the children in the streets and it’s painful....

“If Chael gets hurt, or decides that he’s not ready for the Wanderlei fight, I’ll throw in my hat. I would love another shot. I have a lot of respect for him. I grew up watching all of his fights in PRIDE. And to fight him, I feel like I didn’t fight a good fight...

“It’s definitely a no-brainer that I want to take it to the ground. I feel like I can stand with him. I think technically, I do a lot better in the stand-up than a lot of these fighters. As far as fighting Lombard on the feet, it’s not something you want to do. He’s just...

UFC veteran Martin Kampmann was riding a three-fight winning streak before running to heavy-handed Johny Hendricks. Hendricks, winner of nine of his first 10 UFC fights, showed why he’s so dangerous on his feet en route to his eighth career KO.

UFC Women’s Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey recently made headlines when she stated that she believed she could beat Floyd Mayweather Jr in a fight. Those comments were of course taken out of context, as in the video you can see that “Rowdy” is clearly joking and is actually completely afraid to fight Floyd standing, saying...

Here’s a quick recap from our weekend coverage of UFC Fight Night 37. We have teamed up with the great guys over at Whoa TV to bring our BJPENN.COM audience the best coverage from overseas. Follow them here and here. See more of our Exclusive UFC Fight Night London coverage right HERE.

After his dominant performance last Saturday in London, UFC fighter Luke Barnatt held court for the media in attendance to give his post-fight thoughts. We have teamed up with the great guys over at Whoa TV to bring our BJPENN.COM audience the best coverage from overseas. Follow them here and here. See more of our...

Chael Sonnen and Wanderlei Silva really don’t like each other, thus making ‘The Ultimate Fighter Brazil 3’ one of the most highly anticipated ‘TUF’ seasons in recent memory. “The American Gangster” recently sat down with MMAFighting.com to both promote the show and of course talk trash about his opposing coach on the UFC Fight Pass...

Former UFC heavyweight and PRIDE legend Mirko “Cro Cop” Filipovic recently appeared as a guest on Ariel Helwani’s ‘The MMA Hour.’ During the interview, Cro Cop touched on the brutal leg injury suffered by former middleweight champion Anderson Silva at December’s UFC 168 event, here is what he had to say: “I’m 39 already, and how long...

Former UFC middleweight champion, Anderson Silva, is making the road to recovery look easy. We’ve been documenting the former champ’s recovery since the beginning (See that here), and what we have here is just the latest in Anderson’s miraculous recovery from that nasty leg break at UFC 168. Here’s a video of Silva using that injured leg...

“This makes me laugh. The focus always gets put on the wrong person. Why do the UFC guys talk bad about me? Because she’s running from me. I’ve been saying for a long time we can do this fight at 145 or 140, but that’s not an option. But it’s OK for her to fight...

At UFC Fight Night in London this past weekend, Alexander “The Mauler” Gustafsson handed then, 14-0 Jimi Manuwa his first career loss via TKO. Gustafsson expressed his desire to get back in the cage with light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, during the post fight interview with Dan Hardy. Following that impressive show, UFC President Dana...

“It should have been done a long time ago. There’s not another sports that accepts it. It’s a joke. For our sport, I don’t want to accuse individuals. Never once have I accused a person. I don’t want to accuse the organization. The problem is the system. One of the reasons why I stopped (fighting)...

“Ed (Soares) called me and said ‘I think they had a problem with Vitor and you’ll have to fight for the title.’ I said sure, that’s great. I’ve fought a lot of wrestlers before, and I know Weidman has a good wrestling, but I’m confident on the work I’m developing with my team. I believe...

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